Name: Blush meringues
Total time: 2 h
Yield: Makes 9 filled meringues
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 4 egg whites; edible pink food colouring; 200g caster sugar; 250g tub mascarpone; 284ml carton double cream; 1 tbsp icing sugar; couple of handfuls of fresh or frozen (thawed) mixed berries lightly crushed

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Blush meringues

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Makes 9 filled meringues

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Total time: 2 hrs

Ready in about 2 hours

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Perfect with a glass of rosé or pink champagne - delicious and simple.

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Ingredients

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4 egg

whites
edible pink food colouring
200g caster sugar

For the filling

250g tub mascarpone
284ml carton double cream
1 tbsp icing sugar
couple of handfuls of fresh or frozen (thawed) mixed berries

lightly crushed

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Nutrition: per filled meringue

kcal380
fat30g
saturates19g
carbs25g
sugars24g
fibre0g
protein3g
salt0.3g

low

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 140C/fan120C/gas 1. Line two baking sheets with baking parchment or non-stick sheets. Whisk the egg whites and a generous touch of pink colouring (it will go very pale as it whisks) with an electric hand whisk, until stiff. Continue whisking as you sprinkle in the sugar, a tablespoon at a time, then whisk until the mixture is thick and glossy, and stiff peaks form as the whisks are removed from the mixture.
step 2

Using two tablespoons, make 18 large ‘quenelle’ shapes, spaced well apart on the baking sheets. Bake for about 11⁄2 hrs until they are crisp and will peel easily from the lining. Leave to cool in the oven for 30 mins with the door slightly ajar. They will keep in an airtight tin for up to a week.
step 3

When ready to serve, beat the mascarpone until smooth. Pour in the cream, add the sugar and whisk again to soft peaks. Very lightly stir in the fruit so it is rippled through the cream. Sandwich the meringues together with fruit cream. Pile onto a plate and eat the day they are made.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2004

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